Traveling strip guide



1943- E. M. BRANGLE ETAL 2,325,738

TRAVELING S TRIP GUIDE Filed lay 31, 1941 INVENTORS a l9 EDWARD M.BRANGLE and BY VINCENT W.KOLASINSKI Ens--8 0601M, I

ATTORNEYS I QAIlocking device H clamping. bars, I I and wearbanl upon the frame v.m'emberfi of the mill, comprises the bracket I9 respect to the locking lug,

together, in clamping position upon the bar I by means of suitable removable fasteners such as the cap screws I2 and nuts I3. Spacing sleeves I 4 are located on the cap screws I2 intermediate the bars I I,"and function to limit the amount of clamping. pressure which canbe eXerted,as well as to hold the bars II in spaced relationship during removal and insertion of the wear bar I. The ends of-the wearbarfl are relieved orv rounded off on,each side at points immediately adjacent the end, as indicated at I5. A comple mentary shoulder or seat is provided on the opposed, inner faces of the clamping bars II for' fitting over the relieved ends I5. This latter.

construction has a dual purpose; (1) .to lock the wear bar I against longitudinal movementwith,"

respect to the clamping bars II, and (2) toprevent the formation of a burror flash on the end of the wear bar. We have found that the action. I

of the'steel strip l, as it passes overthe trailing qedge ofthe wear member (via, the lefthand end with respect to Fig. -3) causes abuilding'up or removed metal and a flaring of the Wear, groove whensuch'edgeofthe wear bar isa sharp, rectangular one; The rounding off orrelieving of theedge, as indicated at I5, of our wear bar l, counteracts'this difficulty; V r 7 Referring to; Fig.{l,it will be seenthattheoutwardly projecting ends of the clampingjbars II are tapered down to a narrow end,-as-ind icated at 15, and in a plane parallel-to the stri contacting surface of" the wear bar I. 4 Thus, if the strip I should be inadvertently moved up or down on the wear bar I, there isnolikelihood of the strip I sufiering damaging contact with the projecting ends of the clamping bars II,

I .viously imparted to the" wear bar I, so that any unevenness or roughness caused'on the side face of the barj l by the presenceiof these grooves will not disturb the proper aligned, and uniform engagement of the clamping bars I'll with ,thesi'des ofthe bar]; a i I for attaching thejassembled havingthe upstanding lug or'web'ZDand the transversely projecting'head 2I'. iSlots 2113118" fprovided in feach one of ;thejclampingbars II, adjacent one end 'ofthe latter, for receiving the lug ,20 and head 2'i."'jflhe opening'23 in the slot F 22, is p of sufficient dimensions to. receive the head 2 Land locking action is effected by longitudinal movement" of the clamping members II with Fig'sfl, 6 and? illustrate the manner in which the. steel strip 'i, with only one removal and reinsertion of the wear bar]. with respect to ,the

. :clamping rnernbers II. Thus, irr-Fig. 5,'the strip I.i's shownin the position'inwhich-it has worn "a groove'in the adjacent g'uidemembers I and la.

and 25a are first worn in the wear member I. and Ia; the grooves 26 and 26a are next imparted to the wear members I and Ia in the second position, and then by turning the guides upside down with respect to the positions in which they are shown in Figs. 5 and 6, respectively, the

grooves 21 and 28 will be additionallyworn into the surface of each of the wear bars. At this point, each of thewear bars? and Ia are removed 1 from the clamping members II, rotated through and re-inserted in the position shown in Fig. 7, to present two more unworn side faces which canbe presented for wearing action by the strip I,' in the same manner as just previously described, making a total of 8 wear surfaces presented for contacting action, with only once removing andre-inserting the. Wear bars I and Id in their respective clamping. members I I and II a.

Although our invention has been illustrated and described as applied to a rolling mill, it should be apparent to those skilled in-the art, thatour guide might equally well be applied to similar metal strip handling, working and fabricating operation, where it is desired to guide a traveling strip in a fixed path. g a e Other modes of applying the 'principleof our invention may be employed insteadof. the one explained, change being made regards the f mechanism herein disclosed, provided the means stated by any of the following. claimsor' the equivalent of suchstated means be employed.

-We, therefore, particularly point out and dis ,tinctly claim as our inventionr V l. A guide for traveling strips, comprising an elongated wear member of square, cross-sectional shape, a pair of holding, members adapted tobe rnounted on opposite sides of said wear member,

means forclamping said holding members against said opposite sides, said holding members being of substantially rectangular cross-section of less width than that of said wear member and having, longitudinal, marginal bearing surfaces forming the sole contact; with the flatside surfaces of said wear, member and a longitudinal recess between said surfaces tOyDliQ-Vldfi' 3,'1C1@,I?i11(36 space between a portion orsaid opposite sides of said W r'm m er a Said ma n be in s f ces. -2.- A guide for,trave1ing; strips, comp-rising an elongated wear member of square, cross-sectional shape each outer endportion thereof beingrelieved-on each side to a lesser perimeter, a pair of holdin members adapted tobe mounted on opposite sides of said wear member, the ends ofsaid holding'members extending longitudinally beyond the ends ofsaid Wear member, complementary shoulders on each of: said endsof said holding members for fitting over and receiving said relieved outer end portions, means for clam'pg ing saidholding members against said opposite sides, said holding members being of substantially rectangular cross-section of less Width than that of said. wear member and having longitudinal,

, marginal bearing, surfaces forming the sole coninyaboye' describedguid'e r's'operabletopresent'ii difierennwearf surfaces; for guidin contact with '65 'Io'present'a new wearjs urfafceeach (meet the complete guide elements are transposed from one side to theother of the steel strip I, without uniclarnpingflthe'wear bars Fandla in' the'ir respective clamping barsIia'; *Thusfthe grooves 25 tact with the fiat side surfacesof said wiear memher and, a longitudinal recess between'said surfaces toprovide a clearance space'b'etween a portion of said opposite sides ofsaidwe'ar' member and saidmarginal.bearing'surfacesr' 131A guide for traveling strips in astee'l strip mill, comprising -an elongated wear member of square, 'crosssectionalshape, each outer end por-' tion thereof being relieved on each side to a lesser perimeter, a pair of holding members adapted to be mounted on opposite sides of said wear memher, the ends of said holding members'eiitending' .h M h a a 2,325,738 longitudinal-113w beyond the ends of said Wear m m.

ber, complementary smulderston each 01" said ends of said holding members for fitting over and receivin saidwelieved outer end portions, means i fer clamping? said holding members f against said opposite sides, said holding members 7 beingi 'ot substantially rectangular cross-sectionof less width than that of said wear member and having longitudinal, marginal bearing'surta ces" ionningthesole contact with the flat side suriaces oi saidwear member and a l ongitudinal recess between said surface; to provide a clearance j of said holding members for receiving the head of saiddocking lug; said extending ends ofusaid 3 holding members being tapered to a narrow end pngthose sidestherebfwhich are parallelitdfthe l strip ccntacting face of said wjear 'member when r inclamped position; V

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